The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-02-10
FOREIGN NEWS.
UNITED STATES
The Fisheries Dispute.

Five members of the New York
Chamber of Commerce are opposed to
the retaliatory bill against Canadian
commerce, believing that it would
injure American Commerce as much as
Canadian. 1t is thought that it would
create fish monopoly down east, from
which consumers would suffer dearly.
Pressure will be brought on the Presl-
dent to veto the measure, but Demo
cratic leaders hold that if the Presi-
dent yields it will cost the Democratic
party the next election and might even
imperil the Presidency.
The Toronto, Canada, GloJe, refer
ring to the Washington fisheries legis-
lation, says: "The United States
Senate, since it became a caucus of
plutocrats, has displayed little states.
manship, and its decadence in general
esteem will be furthered by its retalia-
tory fisheries bill" The same paper
charges the Senators with having tried
Canada without regular evidence, pro-
nounced her guilty and put weapon
for her punishment into the Presidents
hands
The Toronto Mail says the Cana
dian authorities simply required Amer
lean fishermen to obey the customs
laws, and that only two seizures were
made for the violation of the treaty by
Americans in purchasing bait. 1t says
that the fair right of hospitality was
not in one single instance refused.
1t is stated on official information
that the Imperial Government will
send out one or two gunboats next
spring to assist the marine police in
enforcing Canadian fishery rights.
Governor-General Lansdowne be-
lieves it necessary for England TO send
forces TO Canada without delay
The trip of representative volunteer
regiments to the Queens Jubilee has
been cancelled. Navy pensioners in
Canada have received a circular from
the British Admiralty, calling upon all
Of them under SIS years Of age to hold
themselves in readiness for active
service. Since the Crimean war only
one such circular has been issued.
A member Of the Duferin Guards, a
Canadian volunteer company, is re-
ported as saying IN Buffalo, N, Y, that
every pensioner in the Imperial service
in Canada was ordered under arms to
be ready to move to the front at a
moments notice. At various points
there were enough Of those veterans
to furnish an army Of 5000 at an
hours notice.
Congressman Lawler was going to
ask immediate consideration by the
House at Washington last week of the
preamble and resolution regarding the
bellgerent tone Of the Canadian press,
and the announcement that England
was going to send out war vessels to
cruise in the vicinity Of the north
western coast line; also in regard tc
the defenceless state Of the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts, and asking the
President to inform the House whaI
steps are necessary to provide for an
emergency.
The New York HeraH ridicules the
idea of Great Britain going to war witt
the United States, saying, "Poof Eng
land has enough on her hands without
gong to war with the United States,
and concluding, "The Macdonald Gov
eminent in Canada is playing a game
of bluff with us, but the Canadian
people will force Sir John to clint
down whenever Congress adopts ar
adequate policy Of selfdefense."